2017 BET Hip Hop Awards Full List Of Nominees

The nominations for the upcoming 2017 BET Hip Hop Awards have finally been announced, and some big names in music are up nominated the network’s second major awards show. Jay-Z and Chance The Rapper are amongst the superstars on the nominees list, but Cardi B, Kendrick Lamar and DJ Khaled lead for the most amount of nominations.

K. Dot, Khaled and the “Bodak Yellow” MC have all earned themselves nine nominations each, with Kendrick and Khaled being amongst the album of the year, single of the year, best hip-hop video, hustler of the year categories. Cardi is also part of one of the most essential categories of the evening, Best New Artist, where she is joined by Playboi Carti, Aminé, Kodak Black and Tee Grizzley.

Hov, on the other hand, racks up five nominations of his own, which are associated with the album of the year, lyricist of the year, MVP of the year and hustler of the year categories. He also matches the same amount of nomination as Chance, who will be going against the Brooklyn veteran for three of the five slots.

The awards show is slated to take place in Miami on Oct. 6, and will premiere on the network on Oct. 10. BET’s Connie Orlando released a statement to holding the awards show in the Florida following the devastation of Hurricane Irma.

“While BET is extremely excited to bring the BET Hip Hop Awards to Miami, we remain sensitive to the millions of victims affected by Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Harvey,” Orlando states.